The Hero(ine)’s Journey: Coincidences Much?

There comes a point of time in everyone’s life – everything comes to a point of crisis, and all your long-held beliefs shatter, all the foundations and structures break down, and everything you know about your life ceases to exist. It is at precisely this point in your life, that you realize that all you [...]

Old Water Under The Same Bridge

They say that no man steps in the same river twice. Under some other circumstances, I would totally agree. A few weeks back, however, I was faced with a situation that completely contradicts that statement. One of my ex boyfriends landed in the great US of A. And came visiting to New York City. And [...]

Plans within Plans: Strategies, Plots, Memories…

After coming to the US, life hasn’t quite been the same for me. Oh, yeah, you have heard about me complaining in this same tune since a long time! Guess what, you are going to hear it again. But perhaps, the tune this time has changed a bit. Only a bit. I must say, that [...]

Status: Single = Happy

It has been over a couple of years now and I haven’t had a boyfriend. I think it is time that I took stock of things, don’t you think? No, no, it doesn’t mean that I want a boyfriend. Seriously, I don’t. But over a period of time since my last break-up I have been [...]

Unbelievable! German Bakery in KP is No More!

I was in for a very rude shock this afternoon.. my sister called me and told me about the blasts at German Bakery… To say that I was shocked is an understatement. I mean, I used to hang out there quite often when I was in Pune. In fact, I lived in Koregaon Park for [...]

Forgiveness Is Not An Ego Trip

Many a times in life, we encounter several people who hurt us a lot. They make us angry and resentful. They make us hate them. They make us feel hurt, betrayed and cheated. They make us angry. Angry because they have said (or not said) some things, or that they have done (or not done) [...]

Message or Messenger: What is Important?

These days, watching the news seems to be more of a crime.. everywhere one watches, there are crimes committed in the name of religion. Thousands of innocent people being bombed, massacred and killed – and the reason – Religion. I have always shied away from making any kind of ‘bold’ statements on this blog for [...]

Traffic Jams in the US of A

Well, this blog post is a bit long in coming to the blog – but it has been ruminating in my mind for quite some time now…. On last Saturday me and Mom were invited for lunch at one of her colleague’s place in Delaware. We went, had lunch, chatted with them and left. From [...]

Reality TV – The Modern Roman Circus

As I turned on the telly and flipped through the never-ending series of channels, I made a startling discovery. Almost every other channel featured some kind of a Reality show. And then it struck me – are we becoming like the Romans who came to watch the Circus so many years ago? Typically, most reality [...]

Husband Material….

Read this comic on my RSS feed today and boy is it a hoot! Where can I find a husband material guy like the one who asks this woman to marry him right now? Yes, Yes, I know this comic is actually about the woman – but then in the end this fella still wants [...]